st ##rel ##a 2 shoulder @ - @ launched surface @ - @ to @ - @ air missile launcher , supplied by the soviet union from the mid @ - @ 1970s as part of the warsaw pact ' s mater ##iel support . by september 1978 , there had been 20 reported attempts to shoot down rhodesia ##n military aircraft using these weapons , none of which had been successful . some rhodesia ##n air force dakota ##s had been hit , but all had survived and landed safely . no civilian aircraft had yet been targeted during the bush war . air rhodesia was the country ' s national airline , established by the government on 1 september 1967 to succeed central african airways ,
strela 2 shoulder @ - @ launched surface @ - @ to @ - @ air missile launcher, supplied by the soviet union from the mid @ - @ 1970s as part of the warsaw pact's materiel support. by september 1978, there had been 20 reported attempts to shoot down rhodesian military aircraft using these weapons, none of which had been successful. some rhodesian air force dakotas had been hit, but all had survived and landed safely. no civilian aircraft had yet been targeted during the bush war. air rhodesia was the country's national airline, established by the government on 1 september 1967 to succeed central african airways,